----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:26
PM
Subject: Re: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA
evolution path - please share your opi
I think I forgot to put a smile in
my previous letter. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend all the
respectable software development companies.
I didn't speak only about developers ..
Developers are responsible for the code, DA is responsible for
the ER-model, DBA is responsible for support / maintenance. All of those
people are responsible for the end product.
Take PeopleSoft, Oracle
Applications, Platinum, Scala, etc - all of those products are known for
their overcomplicated maintenance. Do those companies have time / money
to redesign / rewrite their products? Yes. Do they do it? No. It's
all about the enormous amount of money they make on customization /
support. The DA's and developers can be well-meaning though and never be
aware of the whole plan :-)).
Regards,
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001
14:01
Subject: RE: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA
evolution path - please share your opi
> -----Original Message-----
>
From: Michael Netrusov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Yes, you are absolutely right,
nobody is having interest in
> selling quality
products.
> Money is coming from the support of
the product, not from the
> selling of the
product itself. If the product is well-written, then
> it'll be no big deal with maintenance, hence no money from
> contractors who support and "customize" the
application (
> read: fix the
> numerous bugs on fly and try to make the whole $hit work ).
> The more complicated the product, the more
money is paid for it's
> maintenance. The more
money is paid, the more people are is
>
interested in working with it. The only problem is to sell the
whole
> stuff - but it's only a matter of the
sales department' qualification.
Coming from a development company, I think I have to point
out that in my humble opinion the statements above are an unfair
generalization. I think developpers in general try to produce a well-written
product, and the fact that products get more complicated is that users
expect more features from newer versions.
To give an analogy, if I posted on this list "all DBAs try
to have a database that requires a lot of manual maintenance and don't
document anthing - that's in their interest for job security", I'm sure
there would be a general outcry.
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any ignorant comments made
are the sole responsibility of J. R. Kilchoer and should not reflect
adversely upon my employer.
Jacques R. Kilchoer
(949) 754-8816
Quest Software,
Inc.
8001 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
U.S.A.
http://www.quest.com
